Bite

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Bite

2016

1h 28m

Horror

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A seemingly harmless bite transforms a young woman (Elma Begovic) into an insect-like creature that needs human flesh for her eggs.

Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

05/06/2016

2.5/4

At its best, and it gets pretty good after a really rocky start, "Bite" is a clever gorefest with some creative twists and turns.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

05/05/2016

After an opening 10 minutes that promises something depressingly mediocre, the film takes a turn to the atmospheric and gruesome, and winds up being one of the year's more provocative shockers.

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Chris Nashawaty

Entertainment Weekly

05/05/2016

C+

It seems to exist merely to spoil your appetite.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

04/15/2022

1/4

Bite is the kind of movie that wouldn't exist if its characters didn't make such terrible decisions.

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

04/19/2020

3/5

It is most definitely worth a watch but gorehounds beware: it doesn't shock as much as touted and it doesn't reinvent the bug movie wheel.

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Joey Keogh

Wicked Horror

10/03/2019

6/10

This isn't the new Fly because, let's face it, nothing is or ever will be, but it's an entertaining watch nonetheless and most likely the best body horror movie of the year.

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james o

@RT63376403 Apr 21

the film recalls The Fly, even echoing of Repulsion.

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acsdoug D

@acsdoug 09/04/2024

I think it was Richard Pryor who used to joke about "dumb white people" horror movies where people enter places when everyone in the audience knows that's a stupid idea. There's plenty of that here. However, there are enough chills and yes, utterly disgusting special effects, to satisfy fans of the genre. Elma Begovic does a very good job too.

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Alex C

@RT82897175 10/03/2023

An interesting premise, acting on some wasn't the greatest but the main lead was very good. Pacing of the film was good and it was funny in parts, gore was good and you begin to really feel sorry for her! I don't understand all the bad reviews, watching this isn't a waste of time.

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Craig B

@Boundsy 03/19/2023

For starters, not a movie for the faint-hearted. Some pretty nasty scenes in this kind of ‘body horror' movie. The pacing skips along pretty well in the short 89 minute duration and you are never impatient for the realisation of the feeling of dread which continues to build throughout the movie. Some of the grotesque visuals remind me of ‘The Fly' (later Cronenberg feature with Jess Goldblum). This won't be for everyone, but it is a mildly entertaining horror offering.

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prawnda s

@RT72497680 01/03/2023

i'm a fan of deliberately bad horror comedy, and this was not it. special effects consist of orbeez, orbeez and more orbeez. im not kidding. they keep using them for the entire movie. there are no laughs, no scares, and the writing/direction is too poor to tell if any of the cast are decent at acting.

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01/26/2022

It's as if this film had two directors one doing the first 20 min of the film as found footage then another director taking over for the last hour which vastly improves the film in all manner the make-up and acting etc worth a watch in the end

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Synopsis

A seemingly harmless bite transforms a young woman (Elma Begovic) into an insect-like creature that needs human flesh for her eggs.

Director: Chad Archibald
Producer: Chad Archibald, Cody Calahan, Christopher Giroux
Screenwriter: Jayme Laforest
Distributor: Scream Factory
Production Co: Breakthrough Entertainment, Black Fawn Films
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 6, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 25, 2016
Runtime: 1h 28m

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